Category Archives: Dyfodol

Welsh Communities

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In 2012 the Welsh Government established a Task and Finish Group on Welsh Communities with the aim of creating a work plan to increase the number of communities where Welsh is the main language.

The Group is chaired by Dr Rhodri LLwyd Morgan and the other members are:

  • Sali Burns
  • Dyfed Edwards
  • Owain Gruffydd
  • Lynne Reynolds
  • Elin Rhys
  • Professor Elan Closs Stephens

The Group has asked for evidence to support their work and Dyfodol has responded  to the call with this document (Welsh only) Ymateb Dyfodol i’r Grwp Gorchwyl a Gorffen Cymunedau Cymraeg

Dyfodol’s Eisteddfod

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Dyfodol had a very successful week at the National Eisteddfod in Denbigh. We would like to all that enrolled as members and especially to the anonymous gentleman who donated £350 to the organisation.

We had a very constructive meeting with the First Minister, Carwyn Jones, which will hopefully be the basis for further discussion in the autumn.

Carwyn Jones meeting Bethan Jones Parry and Heini Gruffudd from Dyfodol.

On Tuesday the Societies Pavilion was full for a public meeting where Emyr Lewis delivered a speech on Planning and the Welsh Language where he argued that the Welsh language must be included on the face of the proposed Planning Bill if we are serious about protecting the language.

Emyr Lewis’ address at the Societies Pavilion.

An Annual  General Meeting for members will be held in the autumn with details to be confirmed soon.

Meeting with the First Minister

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Dyfodol had a constructive meeting with the First Minister Carwyn Jones at the National Eisteddfod field in Denbigh on Monday 5th August.

Dyfodol i’r Iaith have asked the First Minister to include the Welsh language on the face of the proposed Planning Bill. Carwyn Jones had a conversation with the organisation’s President, Bethan Jones Parry; the Chair, Heini Gruffudd and Secretary, Simon Brooks.

The organisation presented a document to the First Minister on the relationship between the sustainability of the Welsh language and planning.

Planning and the Welsh language

The sustainability of the Welsh language is integral to planning. As a result, a robust framework needs to be developed to assess the impact of potential developments on the language. There are several examples of developments that have resulted in the Welsh language being weakened as a community language.  Again there are examples of  planning where the the language has been strengthened. Continue reading →